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Popularly known as Dhaliwood, the Bengali film industry churns out some 100 low-budget movies yearly.

Bangladeshis reject "smutty" Bengali films

* * * * * DHAKA, April 20, 2004 - The lurid, hand-painted film hoardings towering above a Banglad...

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Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - the World's Longest Beach

Bangladesh's fledgling but troubled tourism industry is slowly luring foreign and domestic travel...

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Bangladesh's Dhaka club

DHAKA, April 22, 2004 - When successful entrepreneur Geeteara Saffiya Choudhury was elected the f...

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Asian Libraries - Bangladesh

North South University Dhaka Bangladesh The holdings of the library cover scholarly and scientifi...

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Brick Lane

Film Review: Brick Lane

Leaving her beloved sister and widowed father behind in her hometown in Bangladesh, Nazneen came ...

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Boatmen make preparations on their vessels before setting out on the Buriganga river in Dhaka.

Bangladesh's polluted Buriganga river cries out for help

Dhaka, May 4, 2003 - A cruise on Bangladesh's historic Buriganga river used to be a must for visi...

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Bangladeshi artist Mostafa Monawar, known as the 'puppet man' puts the final touches to a puppet in Dhaka.

Bangladesh's "Puppet Man"

Puppet shows are part of Bangladeshi folklore, but one man is trying to use the medium to spread ...

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A view of a beach in Cox's Bazar resort during sunset, 06 December 2002. Bangladesh's fledgling but troubled tourism industry is slowly luring foreign and domestic travellers with one of the most popular destinations this winter being this beach resort town of Cox's Bazar on the Bay of Bengal, which drew sun-worshippers from as far away as Europe and Southeast Asia.

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

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Intrepid travellers find Bangladesh a bargain

You have to be adventurous. There is no other way to travel in Bangladesh,...

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Color mask made by students at Bangladesh's Art Institute.

Bangladeshi Artists Try to Revive Dying Traditions

Bangladesh's only scroll artist Shambhu Acharya learnt his skills from his father in a remote vil...

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Bangladeshi Seafood Dopeanja

Recipe: Bangladeshi Seafood Dopeaja

This spicy seafood curry will make your taste buds sit up and take notice. The spice paste is a c...

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Would you 'Adam and Eve' it? Cockney slang turns Bangladeshi

LONDON, Aug 22, 2005 - Cor blimey! The traditional Cockney London English is becoming tinged with...

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Surfing Cox's Bazar

Trying to find waves off the beaten track? Try Cox's Bazar - Tom Bauer, founder "Surfing the Nat...

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French sailor's "floating hospital" brings hope in Bangladesh

The "floating hospital," a former oil tanker, dispenses healthcare to thousands of Bangladesh's p...

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31-year-old Bangladeshi 'professional traveller' and anti-drugs activist Mohammed Ashrafuz Zaman has cycled around the globe for seven years, and now he is tackling Southeast Asia on foot.

44 Countries and counting . . .

* * * * * Singapore, April 22, 2004 - For seven years Bangladeshi "professional traveller" and an...

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Biswa Ijtema festival

Bangladesh's Biswa Ijtema festival is the second largest annual Islamic event after the hajj pilg...

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No Snail Mail for Bangladesh

Mobile phones ring death knell for Bangladesh postmen...

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Bangladesh on the Web

CIA World Fact Book . CIA World Fact Book on Bangladesh. Information includes background informat...

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

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Fact File: Asian Internet Top Domains

Afghanistan - af Armenia - am Azerbaijan - az Bahrain - bh Bangladesh - bd Brunei - bn Cambodia -...

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